Love School of Business

Christina Benson, assistant professor of business law in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, presented a paper, "Reviving Ancient Trade Routes: Can Iraq Leverage Trade and the WTO Accession Process to Rebuild its Post Conflict Economy?," at the annual Southeastern Academy of Legal Studies in Business conference, held in Charleston, SC in November.

An article authored by Barth Strempek, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, was recently published in the Academy of Educational Leadership Journal. The piece entitled, "Integrated Business Core Curricula (Undergraduate): What Have We Learned in over Twenty Years?," appears in the Special Edition on Engaged Learning (Volume 14). Strempek was the lead author with Stewart W. Husted (Virginia Military Institute) and Peter Gray (United States Naval Academy).

Thomas Tiemann, Jefferson Pilot Professor of Economics, is teaching a two-week course, "The Economics of Cities," at Universytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie (Cracow University of Economics) this semester in Krakow, Poland.

The MBA Student Alumni Association hosted a golf tournament that raised $1,000 in support of the Elon Academy Dream Fund, a special budget created by the association three years ago to assist Elon Academy with college visits, involve students in school and community projects, and help students and families when unexpected life situations arise.

Four members of the student organization Student Entrepreneurial Enterprise Development (SEED) served as student ambassadors at the inaugural D.C. Entrepreneurship Week.

Steve Schuckenbrock '82, president of Dell Global Large Enterprise, shared wisdom gleaned from his nearly 30 years in the information technology (IT) field with students, faculty and staff in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business on Nov. 12. Schuckenbrock, one of Elon's most accomplished business alumni, also received the 2010 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award from President Leo M. Lambert.

The Love School of Business Career Services center is offering “Networking Strategies for Successful Career Search” workshops for LSB students this week and next week in KOBC Rom 204. Learn how to develop your elevator speech and enhance communication and networking strategies. The hour-long workshops are led by Richard Jordon, LSB Career Services Associate Director, and Kehaya Wescott, LSB Internship Coordinator.

More than 120 students from six North Carolina universities took part this month in a third annual contest sponsored by the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and by S.E.E.D., a student group at Elon dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship. The Elon Innovation Challenge concluded Nov. 22 with an afternoon awards ceremony honoring three teams that were lauded by a panel of local entrepreneurs for their work.